EMILY ROAD, B26 1BY House Prices & Local Information

B26 1BY is an up-and-coming urban area on Emily Road, 0.2km from Yardley, South in Birmingham. Administratively it sits within South Yardley ward and the Birmingham, Yardley constituency.

For renters and young professionals, B26 1BY offers a culturally diverse area with a strong community identity. By day, the area transitions to a self-employed tradespeople in multicultural metro suburbs character: ethnically mixed self-employed with no fixed place of work in construction, transport, and storage. An average age of 35 puts this squarely in mixed-family territory — professional couples, school-age children households, and established residents all sharing the streets. 42% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants. The area has a notably diverse population — 32% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Birmingham.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 134 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. Property: Average house prices are around £210k, down 6.8% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for B26 1BY are sourced from Output Area E00045141 (shared with 6 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.